It really makes you wonder if any of these terrorists recognize the power they wield over the entertainment industry. I'm not saying shrapnel-filled explosive devices that existed for hundreds of years did inspire the shit show that was Swordfish, and I'm not saying they didn't, but I hope they stop and ask themselves, "Is it possible that I am going to inspire the next shitty John Travolta movie? Do I want that on my conscience?"

on the contrary, what could be a more potent weapon of terror than that?

it is truly horrific. but it is kind of interesting - of course, especially with boston, people are citing past terrorist events in waco - but it is stunningly similar to the explosion of the Grandcamp, which caught on fire while being loaded with ammonium nitrate fertilizer, and then exploded, practically leveling the town of texas city. april 16, 1947 (it was tuesday's headline "this day in history" story in the nytimes, is why i noticed it.)

fertilizer is some seriously dangerous shit._________________aka: neverscared!
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it is truly horrific. but it is kind of interesting - of course, especially with boston, people are citing past terrorist events in waco - but it is stunningly similar to the explosion of the Grandcamp, which caught on fire while being loaded with ammonium nitrate fertilizer, and then exploded, practically leveling the town of texas city. april 16, 1947 (it was tuesday's headline "this day in history" story in the nytimes, is why i noticed it.)

fertilizer is some seriously dangerous shit.

You'd be amazed, especially when it comes to stuff being stored in silos. Even things that normally aren't thought of as explosive at all, like flour and sawdust, can explode due to high dust concentrations. They used to use dynamite to help loosen compacted material at the bottom of storage silos, until an ammonium nitrate plant in Germany exploded and killed some five or six hundred people and flattened a town in the 20's. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppau_explosion )

Although any kind of nitrate (-NO3) is bad news when it comes to fires, highly oxidizing chemicals that tend to be stored in bulk quantities due to their agricultural/industrial nature._________________Juke Joint Jezebel

Zuckerberg was asked about this at the Facebook Home event (emphasis added) wrote:

Q. Do you ever think about presence? How when you’re out at dinner with your wife, and you get a message, it distracts you from whoever you’re with?

Zuckerberg: “Yeah. That comes up a lot. Whether or not communicating online disconnects you from people offline. [...]. I think that’s overblown. There’s this idea; technology is a tool. Glasses augment your vision, your reality. Steve Jobs said that computers augment your mind. With Facebook and other tools, you can stay connected and get more context from more people.

People often think of staying connected as frivolous — it’s not. It’s powerful

it is truly horrific. but it is kind of interesting - of course, especially with boston, people are citing past terrorist events in waco - but it is stunningly similar to the explosion of the Grandcamp, which caught on fire while being loaded with ammonium nitrate fertilizer, and then exploded, practically leveling the town of texas city. april 16, 1947 (it was tuesday's headline "this day in history" story in the nytimes, is why i noticed it.)

fertilizer is some seriously dangerous shit.

You'd be amazed, especially when it comes to stuff being stored in silos. Even things that normally aren't thought of as explosive at all, like flour and sawdust, can explode due to high dust concentrations. They used to use dynamite to help loosen compacted material at the bottom of storage silos, until an ammonium nitrate plant in Germany exploded and killed some five or six hundred people and flattened a town in the 20's. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppau_explosion )

Although any kind of nitrate (-NO3) is bad news when it comes to fires, highly oxidizing chemicals that tend to be stored in bulk quantities due to their agricultural/industrial nature.

Before anyone gets that feeling of justice at the news one of the Boston bombing suspects has been killed, remember Richard Jewell._________________“Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation”
yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.

Can we get another Boston fester check in? What the fuck is going on out there?_________________Once, at a local NOW meeting where I was the only male among about a dozen women, a feminism trivia contest was held. I came in third.

Whatever it is, it doesn't look very good. Does anyone know whether the people in the cordoned area have been evacuated ? A cornered terrorist in an area with lots of civilians seems like a recipe for disaster.